Beauty Is Just Skin Deep

One day, when I went to the vegetable market with my mom, I was
really appalled when I found many vegetables and fruits which
were absolutely fine to be consumed being thrown away,
considering only fact that their skin had some blemishes. Most of
the people in the world throw out nearly half of their food, not
because it’s inedible – but because it doesn’t look appealing.
One Third of the world’s food is wasted, which is simply
unacceptable. The underlying reasons for food wastage have their
own difference,

2. Developing countries have high losses at the post – harvest
and processing stages due to spoilage. Factors leading to
spoilage include lack of modern transport and storage
infrastructure, as well as financial, managerial and technical
limitations in difficult climatic conditions.

Reusing food wastes through processes such as anaerobic digestion
could return over 1.3 million tonnes a year of valuable nutrients
to the soil, or generate over 1 terawatt - hour (Twh) electricity
a year, enough to power over 600,000 homes.

Don’t you feel the need to conserve the food which is
getting wasted?

If all this food is saved, it can be used to feed the needy, and
also can be useful in many ways which can benefit a large number
of people. I have mentioned some solutions which I think might
play an important role in reducing the amount of food that is
wasted. They are

1. We must encourage farmers to make use of
less-than-perfect-looking products.

2. Adopting the practice of FIFO, First In, First Out. When
unpacking groceries, move older products to the front of the
fridge/freezer/pantry and put new products in the back. This way
you are more likely to use up the older stuff before it expires.

3. Check in with your belly. The Solution to the “clean the
plate! “ Issue. Simply take a moment to ask your body what it
wants to eat, and how much — and then serve yourself that. Or
simply start with less food on your plate. If you want more, you
can always go for it.

4. The excess edible food in each and every one of our homes can
be given to the needy people.

5. Food processing must be encouraged as this is a very easy and
efficient way of reducing food wastage.